Thoughts on David Blair?

Can anyone shed some light on David Blair and his videos? I'm new to the game and looking to develop a consistent, effortless swing and thought his Youtube videos were pretty solid. Anyone actually buy his DVD? What are your thoughts on what he's preaching?

Can anyone shed some light on David Blair and his videos? I'm new to the game and looking to develop a consistent, effortless swing and thought his Youtube videos were pretty solid. Anyone actually buy his DVD? What are your thoughts on what he's preaching?

Hi, I bought the DVD a few years ago and go to it every spring for a refresher course. I think it is outstanding and use it on my students. You have to be careful not to get flippy but that will not happen if you are committed and finish every swing. Plus if you work on David's half swing drill you will over come the flips. There are not many instructional videos I have not seen and this is right up there with the best. Hope this helps.

Can anyone shed some light on David Blair and his videos? I'm new to the game and looking to develop a consistent, effortless swing and thought his Youtube videos were pretty solid. Anyone actually buy his DVD? What are your thoughts on what he's preaching?

His youtube videos look good and he comes across well, each video takes you through a separate part of building a fundamentally correct golf swing. There's a lot of gimmicks that wont be around in ten years time, this isn't one

I've tried his method before without success. However, since i seem to have exhausted so many other ideas I've just started to give it another go. One observation I've made is that it seems i really do need to use his neutral grip in order to hit good shots with his half swing exercise. He advocates having the left thumb on top of the shaft and the creases between thumb & forefinger pointing in towards the body as opposed to at the right shoulder. Perhaps a tad controversial(?), but to be fair this gives me the conventional neutral 2 knuckle grip. With my more natural (for me) strong grip, all my shots with his half swing exercise were going low and left - makes sense i suppose, as with his hand release a strong grip would lead to a closed clubface at impact i guess.

So, using the markings on my grips on my ping i20 irons as a guide, i positioned my left thumb right down the centre of the grip at the range and did his half swing exercise. And with my PW and 8 iron i hit lots of really good ones, about 110yds and 130 yds respectively, very close to the full swing distance with good trajectory and accuracy too. It feels strange, but i am encouraged.

I should add that to help me do the half swing exercise correctly i used another drill from his DVD to familiarise myself with his half swing finish position - the one where from the address position you move your hips left, squeeze the clubhead into the ground and let it flip through into this half swing finish position.

Oh well, my return to his methods was short lived! I tried his exercises again at the range today, and while i can hit my PW and 8 iron reasonably well doing his half swing exercise, it is not leading to good swing. Funnily enough, a few years ago I went to a group session with him. Watching him hit his half shots and full shots is quite an experience. He hits them both magnificently, and the distance, contact and trajectory he gets on his half shots is breathtaking. However, none of us, his students, could get anywhere near to replicating it, which is kind of the point!

I wrote a couple of emails to David after I purchased his DVD as I had a couple of questions. He responded right away and gave me a very good understanding of his swing. I practiced as the the handbook and dvd instructed and my handicap has dropped from a 10 to a 4.5

Once i was used to his program i was swinging nicely through impact to a balanced finish. Extra yardage and definately more accuracy. I would highly recommend